If that is what really happens, well, there'd be no chance for other deserving players to become mods. Sigh.
Mods are players before everything. Show some respect, they do what they can. They can't see everything and they can't spend days on every cases. They have restricted powers, actually way too restricted. And they are volunteer. What is needed is actually ATA to do something. That's their business, after all, so why can't they make sure their rules are being respected by themselves?